Loyola University Chicago (Loyola Chicago) is a private catholic jesuit research university based in Chicago, Illinois. Loyola University Chicago is a private Catholic Jesuit research university with programs in arts and sciences, business, communication, education, engineering and computer science, health sciences, nursing, medicine, law, social work, environmental sustainability, and professional fields. The institution traces its development to 1870, and its present academic identity reflects a long pattern of growth rather than a single modern expansion. Loyola began in 1870 as St. Ignatius College and grew through professional-school affiliations, a new charter, medical education, social work, commerce, nursing, law, and expansion to the Lake Shore, Water Tower, and health-sciences campuses. Academically, Loyola Chicago supports a broad mix of undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, certificate, and interdisciplinary study. Representative undergraduate choices include Computer Science B.S., Data Science B.S., Nursing B.S.N., Biology B.S., Psychology B.S., Finance B.B.A.. Graduate study includes options such as Computer Science M.S., Cybersecurity M.S., Information Technology M.S., Software Engineering M.S., Business Analytics M.S., while doctoral education extends into fields including Computer Science Ph.D., English Ph.D., History Ph.D., Psychology Ph.D.. Research includes biomedical science, nursing, health equity, public health, computer science, environmental sustainability, business, psychology, social work, education, humanities, law, and urban community research. Chicago provides extensive clinical, governmental, nonprofit, and industry partnerships. Loyola’s Lake Shore Campus is on Chicago’s North Side, with additional Water Tower and Health Sciences campuses. Students have access to one of the country’s largest healthcare, finance, technology, law, consulting, nonprofit, education, and cultural markets. For current cost planning, For 2026–27, full-time undergraduate tuition is $28,465 per semester. Standard published charges include a $495 Student Development Fee, $135 Technology Fee, and $160 CTA U-Pass fee per semester, before housing, meals, insurance, books, transportation, and program-specific charges. These published amounts are planning figures and can change with residency, program, credit load, housing, insurance, or board action at Loyola University Chicago. Loyola Chicago uses a test-optional first-year admissions process. Students can apply without ACT or SAT scores, while academic performance, curriculum strength, writing, activities, and program preparation remain central to review. Chicago offers career pathways in healthcare, medicine, finance, technology, law, consulting, education, social services, government, communications, sustainability, research, and nonprofit organizations. Taken together, Loyola University Chicago is best understood as an institution whose academic portfolio, research mission, student support, and regional setting are closely connected. Loyola Chicago also uses certificates, accelerated pathways, online options, and other nontraditional formats to extend selected academic areas beyond the standard four-year or graduate sequence. The university’s location in Chicago gives students access to the civic, research, cultural, health, business, and public-sector networks that shape its surrounding region. Students comparing programs should review the live catalog because degree titles, concentrations, delivery formats, prerequisites, and admission cycles can differ by college.